Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 29 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

Format There were two rounds of play: First Round: The teams were divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each, although Myanmar and Nepal withdrew after playing no matches. The teams would play against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. Final Round: The 6 teams would play against each other once in Qatar. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round

Group A

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

Group B

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

Group C

North Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group D

South Korea advanced to the Final Round.

Group E

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

Group F

Japan advanced to the final round.

Final round With Iran, North Korea, and Iraq qualifying for the final round fears were expressed in the United States of those countries potentially turning up at their tournament, since the three nations at the time were under economic sanctions by the United States.

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Saudi Arabia and South Korea qualified.

See 1993 Japan v Iraq football match

To date, this was the last time Japan failed to qualify for a World Cup.

Qualified teams The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 0 (debut) 3 (1954, 1986, 1990) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

13 goals

Kazuyoshi Miura

8 goals

Alaa Kadhim Ha Seok-ju Piyapong Pue-On

7 goals

Ali Daei Takuya Takagi Khalil Al-Malki Saeed Al-Owairan

6 goals

Gao Hongbo Laith Hussein Saad Qais Ahmed Radhi Ali Marwi Azman Adnan Ryu Song-Gun Adnan Al Talyani Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Balooshi

5 goals

Ali Asghar Modir Roosta Jasem Al Huwaidi Choe Yong-Son

4 goals

Cai Sheng Masashi Nakayama Choe Won-Nam Mahmoud Soufi Khaled Al-Muwallid Hamzah Idris Falatah Fandi Ahmad Varadaraju Sundramoorthy

3 goals

Khamis Eid Rafe Thani Hossain Joarder Bhupinder Thakur Hamid Derakhshan Masahiro Fukuda Subhi Al-Gnimaz Mohammad Muharam Hamed Al-Saleh Azizol Abu Haniffah Abdul Mubin Mokhtar Fahad Al Kuwari Mubarak Mustafa Majed Abdullah Fahad Al-Mehallel Choi Moon-sik Lee Gi-bum Mohammad Afash Abdul Latif Helou Mohamad Moustafa Kadir

2 goals

Khamis Mubarak Karim Mohammed Rumi Rizvi Hao Haidong Li Bing Xu Hong Au Wai Lun Cheung Kam Wa Lee Kin Wo Sathyan Vatta Barambath Inivalappil Mani Vijayan Sudirman Hamid Estili Mehdi Fonounizadeh Naeem Saddam Munthir Khalaf Radhi Shenaishil Tetsuji Hashiratani Masami Ihara Jeris Tadrus Fayez Al-Felaij Wail Al Habashi Hamoud Al-Shemmari Abdullah Wabran Rafi Joulfagi Paramasivan Ravindran Cho In-Chol Kim Kwang-min Kim Kyong-il Yousuf Saleh Al-Alawi Rashid Al-Wahaibi Mohammed Abdul Noor Zamel Al Kuwari Sami Al-Jaber Ahmed Jamil Madani Mohd Rafi Ali Hong Myung-bo Kim Tae-young Ko Jeong-woon Park Jung-bae Nizar Mahrous Songserm Maperm Kiatisuk Senamuang Khamees Saad Mubarak Mohamed Hassan Abdullah Ahmed Abdul Karim Al-Brid Omar Mubarak Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli

1 goal

Adel Abdulrahman Marzouq Juma Marzouq Samir Mubarak Ali Saad Kaiser Hamid Sayed Rumman Sabbir Wu Qunli Zhao Faqing Chen Fu-Yuan Chen Jiunn-Ming Yeh Ching-Tueng Loh Wai Chi Tam Siu Wai Wong Chi Keung Tajinder Kumar Rahmad Darmawan Singgih Pitono Alexander Saununu Putut Widjanarko Mehdi Abtahi Reza Hassanzadeh Javad Manafi Majid Namjoo-Motlagh Mahdi Kadhim Habib Jafar Ahmed Daham Jaffar Omran Akram Emmanuel Takumi Horiike Ruy Ramos Masaaki Sawanobori Mitsunori Yoshida Jamal Abu Abed Ahmad Al-Bashir Hisham Abed Al-Minem Aref Al-Shewaier Ayman Al Husaini Basel Abdul Rahim Fadi Alloush Hassan Ayoub Youssef Farhat Babkin Melikian Wael Nazha Jamal Taha Daniel Pinto A. Elangovan Zainal Abidin Hassan Pang Gwang-Chol Yong Jin-Li Yun Jong-Su Hamdan Abdulla Al-Moamari Mattar Al-Mukhaini Yunis Aman Al-Naseeb Nabil Al-Siyabi Tahir Agha Abdul Farooq Rayed Al-Boloushi Sultan Bakhit Al-Kuwari Yousef Khalaf Abdullah Al-Dosari Mansour Al-Mousa Mansour Al-Muainea Razali Saad Steven Tan Gu Sang-bum Hwangbo Kwan Hwang Sun-hong Jung Jae-kwon Kang Chul Kim Pan-keun Noh Jung-yoon Park Nam-yeol Seo Jung-won Shin Hong-gi Ali Cheikh Dib Jamal Kazem Munaf Ramadan Pongthorn Thiubthong Mohamed Ahmed Ali Thani Jumaa Ismail Rashid Ismail Fahad Khamees Mubarak Nasir Khamees Mubarak Hà Vương Ngầu Nại Lư Đình Tuấn Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Phan Thanh Hùng Ahmed Bareed Saleh Rabiah Ben Asam Duraiban Sharaf Mahfood

1 own goal

Robby Darwis (playing against North Korea)

Awards On 28 October 1993, the experts of FIFA and AFC selected the best players of the competition.

Most Outstanding Player Ali Daei

Asian All Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Shigetatsu Matsunaga Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Hong Myung-bo Tetsuji Hashiratani Javad Zarincheh Fuad Anwar Khaled Massad Shin Hong-gi Ruy Ramos Kazuyoshi Miura Ali Daei

See also 1993 Japan v Iraq football match 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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